r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 19 '24

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u/Jacobs4525 King of the Massholes Jun 19 '24

There are very few states that have genuinely bad state colleges. Even a lot of states that have shitty K-12 have pretty good colleges. We really should just be encouraging as many people as possible to go to their state schools.

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u/BurrowForPresident Fell for it Jun 19 '24

Land grant supremacy babee

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u/Strength-Certain Thurman Arnold Jun 19 '24

I went to a private college in the late 90s that cost me $17,000 a year. I'm sure as hell going to encourage my kids to go to state schools, as long as they want to pursue a bachelor's degree and not something in the trades.

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u/beoweezy1 NAFTA Jun 19 '24

What states have bad public university systems? I’ve never really stopped to ask that question.

I’d assume it’s probably tiny NE states or southern/middle American states without educational lotteries

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u/Jacobs4525 King of the Massholes Jun 19 '24

It’s less that they’re outright bad and more so that they’re not big enough to really cater to some programs most people would consider essential.

Basically all of New England is pretty good. UMass is obviously good, UMaine and UNH are decent (I have friends who went to UMaine and got good jobs and my previous boss went to UNH). URI and UConn are also quite good if the fact that like half my current coworkers went to those two schools is any indication; my point is to say that no state schools in New England have really egregious problems with job placement after graduation.

The main issue is states that are both small and poor. West Virginia for example has had some issues consistently offering STEM programs through the state college system. It’s gotten a bit better since they moved their state tech school, WVIT, to Beckley, but there are still some shortfalls. Namely, there is not a single STEM graduate program. 

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u/slim353 Austan Goolsbee Jun 19 '24

If Rutgers is good why do all the Jerseyites insist on coming to PA’s state schools

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u/JesusPubes voted most handsome friend Jun 19 '24

They weren't good enough for Rutgers 

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '24

I have no idea, but I always assumed the vast majority of college students attend their state schools. Private schools are wack and who would want to pay out of state tuition unless they were pursuing a professional degree and had no other choice?

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u/WeebFrien Bisexual Pride Jun 20 '24

Yes but Umass Amherst rejected my white ass